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SUCKERPUNCHLINE

For team meetings, in person or remote

The 15-minute icebreaker

One laptop shares the game, everyone plays on their phone, and the team votes for the funniest answer to prompts like "Your robot vacuum just joined a union. What's its first demand?" The Family rating keeps it work-safe. It fits in 15 minutes, needs no accounts, and costs nothing.

  • 15 minutes
  • Work-safe with the Family rating
  • No accounts

Updated

Start it for your team

On a phone, START makes this phone the game screen: it shows the game and does not play.

START A GAME

This screen shows the game: put it on the TV or share it on a call. Everyone plays on their own phone. Free, no accounts.

To play too, open

suckerpunchline.tv

on a laptop, TV or tablet and press START there.

No TV or laptop? Start here, then mirror this phone to a TV (AirPlay or Chromecast) or stand it up where everyone can see it.

or join

3 to 8 players plus a crowd of up to 200. Alone or with one friend? AI fighters fill the ring.

The recipe

  1. Before the meeting (2 minutes)

    Open suckerpunchline.tv on the laptop you present from and press START. Join first on your own phone, so you are the Show Runner. Pick the Family rating, and turn call-outs off if you would rather nobody gets named.

  2. Share the screen (1 minute)

    In the room, put the laptop on the big screen. Remote, share the game tab with sound. Everyone scans the QR code or types the code. Sharing with sound on Zoom, Meet and Teams.

  3. Play one game (8 to 13 minutes)

    Two rounds of bouts and the Main Event. The ring announcer explains the rules, so you do not have to. On a video call, set the timers to 1.5x for lag.

Why it works for a team

  • Everyone participates at once. Nobody waits for their turn to talk; everyone writes at the same time and everyone votes.
  • Answers are anonymous until the vote is in, so the quiet new hire can win on the joke alone.
  • Nobody has to share anything personal. Prompts are about fridges, robots and pigeons, not your childhood.
  • It scales. 3 to 8 people write; up to 200 more vote as the crowd.

Keeping it work-safe

The Family rating

Deals only prompts from the family-safe set, the ones written to work for a ten-year-old and a grandmother at the same table. The prompts about bosses, exes and roommates stay out.

Call-outs off

Some prompts name one player in the room and make up something silly about them. They are on by default. For coworkers, turn call-outs off in the lobby, or let each person pick Never on their own phone.

Swear filter and slur filter

Both on by default in the Family rating. They mask rude words in answers, and names never allow them.

The Show Runner

The organizer's phone can hide any answer on screen during a vote and remove a player at any time. That player's answers are hidden too.

Filters catch words, not tone. If your team has a history of edgy humor, say one sentence before you start: "Punch up, not at anyone here."

When it is a bad fit

  • Not everyone has a phone or can use one in the meeting.
  • The meeting is about bad news. Save it for another day.
  • You need everyone to talk out loud. This is a typing game; pair it with a question to discuss afterwards.

Work-safe prompts from the game

  • Your robot vacuum just joined a union. What's its first demand?

    House answer: No more Legos. We have lost too many.

  • The weather app gave up on weather. What does it forecast now?

    House answer: Mild regret, clearing by noon.

  • Your washing machine has a brand-new setting called ___

    House answer: Emotional Delicates

  • The 'I am not a robot' test has a new question. What is it?

    House answer: Select every square that looks guilty.

  • Write a loading screen tip, but for real life

    House answer: Tip: There is no save button.

  • There's a new button in the elevator nobody dares to press. What does it do?

    House answer: Takes you to Tuesday.

Questions

Does anyone need to sign up or install anything?

No. The host opens a web page; players scan a QR code. No accounts, no app, no email addresses.

Does it work on Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet?

Yes. The host shares the game tab with sound and everyone plays on their phone. Step by step.

Is it free for companies?

Yes. There is no paid plan.

What data does it collect?

Almost none: names typed for the game and answers live in memory until the room closes. Privacy details.